Oso prepares for visit by President Barack Obama

April 21, 2014 |By JOSHUA TRUJILLO

On the one month anniversary of the Oso mudslide, President Barack Obama planned to visit the small Washington town.

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Ben Woodward looks up at a sign commemorating the moment of the Oso mudslide. The wooden memorial was attached to a towering spruce tree, one of the few in the debris field left standing after the disaster. The towering tree is already becoming a memorial to those killed and a sign of hope amid despair. The 22nd is the one month anniversary of the mudslide that killed a confirmed 41 people. Two are still on the missing person list. Photographed on Monday, April 21, 2014

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Ben Woodward looks up at a sign commemorating the moment of the Oso mudslide. The wooden memorial was attached to a towering spruce tree, one of the few in the debris field left standing after the disaster. The towering tree is already becoming a memorial to those killed and a sign of hope amid despair. The 22nd is the one month anniversary of the mudslide that killed a confirmed 41 people. Two are still on the missing person list. Photographed on Monday, April 21, 2014